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Jayneen Sanders (aka Jay Dale) is an experienced Australian early years educator, children’s book author, and publisher.

She began her teaching career in the 1980s as a primary school teacher in rural Queensland, Australia, before moving to Melbourne, Victoria, to teach at several inner-city schools. In 1985, Jayneen transitioned to a career as an educational editor and publisher.

In the early 1990s, Jayneen and her partner moved to Japan to work as English teachers. They lived and worked in Japan for over three and a half years, and Jayneen’s first daughter was born there.

Upon returning to Australia, Jayneen began working as an educational author/packager. She has since authored and produced numerous award-winning titles for the educational publishing industry. Jayneen is also an accomplished children’s book author, contributing to literacy series such as ZigZags, Totally Kidz, Deadly and Incredible, and a children’s picture book series for Penguin.

Jayneen is currently the lead author of the ‘Engage Literacy’ series, published by Capstone, for which she has written over 150 titles.

A mother of three daughters, Jayneen served as a school councillor at her local school for over seven years. Her experiences in schools, both as a teacher and a parent, prompted her to question the community’s efforts to protect children from inappropriate touch. Realizing that little was being done, she decided to use her authoring and publishing skills to write ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept,’ aiming to help parents, carers, and teachers discuss this subject and encourage children to speak up.

Following the positive reception of ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept,’ Jayneen recognized a need to further develop prevention education. She participated in Protective Behaviours professional development and attended numerous conferences on the topic to enhance her knowledge of child safety and age-appropriate, empowering body safety and consent education.

Jayneen subsequently developed and published a comprehensive Body Safety and Respectful Relationship Teacher’s Resource Kit and authored numerous children’s books on body safety, consent, respect, gender equality, social and emotional intelligence, and diversity and inclusion.

Jayneen currently partners with Mark Sanders to run Educate2Empower Publishing. Her dedication to the safety and empowerment of children continues, with new manuscripts and free downloadable resources in development.

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